General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1754781, place: Oakland city, Illinois)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 245 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (6.94%)
Kindergarten: 3 (1.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 124 (50.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 73 (29.8%)
College or graduate school: 28 (11.43%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 653 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (4.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (12.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 275 (42.11%)
Some college, no degree: 117 (17.92%)
Associate degree: 48 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 75 (11.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (3.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 781 (100%)
Never married: 131 (16.77%)
Now married, except separated: 469 (60.05%)
Separated: 7 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 78 (9.99%)
Widowed Female: 67 (8.58%)
Total Divorced: 96 (12.29%)
Divorced Female: 61 (7.81%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (33.33%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 722 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 104 (14.4%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 230 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (9.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 525 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (18.48%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 428 (81.52%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 171 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (42.11%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 926 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 608 (65.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 318 (34.34%)
--Same county: 153 (16.52%)
--Different county: 165 (17.82%)
----Same state: 125 (13.5%)
----Different state: 40 (4.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 975 (100%)
Native: 960 (98.46%)
--Born in United States: 958 (100%)
----State of residence: 819 (84%)
----Different state: 139 (14.26%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 15 (1.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (1.33%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 13 (86.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (13.33%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 926 (100%)
English only: 916 (98.92%)
Language other than English: 10 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.32%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 975 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 763% (78.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.21%)
Danish: 2 (0.21%)
Dutch: 28 (2.87%)
English: 133 (13.64%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.36%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.21%)
German: 153 (15.69%)
Greek: 2 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.21%)
Irish: 138 (14.15%)
Italian: 19 (1.95%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (2.46%)
Scottish: 19 (1.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (1.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 139 (14.26%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 57 (5.85%)
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